Improvement in neck-tie holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIC..

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIE HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,196, dated July 10, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. A. ESHLEMAN, ot' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Holder for N eck-Ties 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention vconsists of a plate attached to a neck-band and adapted for the reception and retention of a detachable tie, as fully described hereinafter, so that the said tie may be readily secured to or removed from the band, and so that when secured to the band the tie shall retain its proper form.

My invention further consists of devices, fully described hereinafter, for securing the band to the collar round which it is passed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the manner of constructin and using the same.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of' this specification, Figure l is a rear view of my improved holder for neck-ties; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; Fig. 3, an exterior view, showing the tie secured to a band and to a collar; and Fig. 4, a vertical section on the line l 2, Fig. 3.

A is a flat metal tube, at one end of which are two small projections, i, and from the rear side of the socket projects a stud or button, a.. B is a staple-like catch, consisting of a rod bent in the form of the letter U, and having in the outer edge ot' each arm a recess, e, Fig. 2. To one arm of the catch is secured one end of a cross-piece, C, the other end of which is almost in contact with the opposite arm, and in the end of each arm is an eye,

The catch B is attached to one end of a neckband, X, by stitches passed through the eyes the button, which confines the same to the shirt. The band X is passed round the collar in the usual manner, and the end ot' hthe catch B is introduced into the socket A until thev projections i t' catch into the recesses e e.

When the tie has to be detached from the neck the wearer compresses the catch so as to remove the arms from contact with the projections i fi, when the catch may be withdrawn from the socket. The socket may then be detached by turning it so that the stud a may be withdrawn from the button-hole.

It will be seen that `the band may be readily secured to or detached from a collar without disturbing' the tie, and that the soiling ot' the latter by repeatedly tying and untying it is avoided, while its proper form is preserved by the socket A, round which it is folded.

The tie may be readily detached from the band when it has to be replaced by another or when it has to be cleansed.

Although I prefer to use the socket A for maintaining the tie in its proper form, a tlat plate may be used for that purpose, the plate being secured to the band and the strip Y being folded round it and tied, as before described, the ends of the band, in this instance, being secured together by any suitable means at the back of the collar.

Other devices may also be used in place of the stud a for preventing the band from slipping upward on the collar.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A plate secured to a neckband and adapted for the reception and retention of a detachable tic, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the socket A or its equivalent and a stud, a, as and for the purpose specitied.

3. The socket A, with its projections t, and the spring-catch B, with its recesses 'e e, when constructed and adapted for attachment to each other and to a-neck-band, substantially as set forth. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. ALBERT ESHLEMAN.

Witnesses GEARLEs E. FOSTER, JOHN WHITE. 

